Nichollas — boys' name
79 babies named Nichollas in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
51% of everyone ever named Nichollas was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Nichollas in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nichollas
The Social Security Administration has registered 79 babies named Nichollas between 1981 and 2009, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nichollas currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nichollas performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 40 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nichollas shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nichollas in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 79 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Nichollas at a glance
Last recorded 2009Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nichollas popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1981
- Peak year (2007)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2009.
79 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 7 births in a single year.
Nichollas by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 40 births that decade — 51% of Nichollas's all-time total
Nichollas decade highlights
- Peak decade 40 births
- Runner-up 29 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Nichollas's strongest decade
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1981–2009 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.